Sigh... I remember when Momocon was free and at the student center of Georgia Tech. Now it's gotten kind of.. big and pretentious? Dunno, that's just imho

I dunno! I started going to Momocon about 3 years ago? Its the first con I'd ever been to and the only one I go to (since most cons are so expensive) I've always enjoyed it and I really like that they changed locations, the CNN center is a lot more convenient. But I can only imagine, if you've been going since the beginning changes like that are a lot more noticeable. It was already pretty big when I first started going. It is kind of shocking to see how fast it's growing though!
On a side note; I do wish they'd cut back on some of the Disney stuff, I'm not really a fan of Disney yet this year a lot of the guests and VA's seem to be Disney affiliated >.>'

We have a lot of cons around here - Anime North, Toronto ComiCon and FanEXPO in Toronto, Niagara Falls ComiCon in...well, Niagara Falls, Con Bravo in Hamilton.....probably more I can't even think of off the top of my head. Most of the cons are three days with the exception of FanEXPO which starts on Thursday, making it 4 days of goodness (even though Thursday is a short day).